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This is a FABULOUS list!!!!
My favorites:
>>2. My responses
Yes, this has been a huge one for me too.
>>3. How many dogs I have (yes, I can if I really want to!)
Wait, what? All.The.Puppies!!!!! Haha
>>4. What I agree/commit to
So true!! Rather than feeling guilty if I don’t agree to or commit to something, I tell my self that over-committing never has a feel-good result, and the mantra of “No is a complete sentence”.
>>5. WHO I WORK WITH & with whom I choose to spend time.
This is a zillion percent true. Those external voices become our internal voices, so we need to choose wisely. And if it turns out we need to make changes? Perfectly fine to do that and much better off in the long run.
>>5. Others reactions to your success and/or failure>>
This is another gem. Plenty of folks are struggling with their own mental management, and that can manifest as poor reaction to you and your success or lack of success. But that is on them, not on you. You can add that to your self-talk: THEIR mental management is not YOUR responsibility 🙂
Great thoughts here, keep ’em coming!!
T
Yes! Just like everything else, the mental management skills need to be maintained 🙂 It will be fun to dust them off this summer!
Hi!
>>Everyone expects me to make a mistake
Ah yes, that is a really big negative self-talk moment!!!!
One of the things you cannot control? What other people think. So when that negative, intrusive thought pops up, you can remind yourself that you can’t control them. Then you can refute that (there are a TON of people rooting for you and knowing that you will be excellent!) And replace it with something like a reminder to focus on your performance goals which you CAN control.
>>My first thought -No one us paying attention anyway-
Second thought – Hoke is the best trained dog I’ve ever had>>These are good too! And acceptance that agility is really hard and we all make mistakes, so it is great to find the successes 🙂
>>How can we use that training to run this course?>>
Yes! Performance goals! Looking at your toolbox of skills, what do you need to run the course in front of you? Make Performance goals and then try to execute them.
Tracy
Good morning and excellent list of things you can and cannot control!!!
If you feel stress or anxiety creeping in, ask yourself:
What is creating the stress?
Is it something you can control?
If yes, what specifically can you do to make the situation less stressful or anxiety-inducing. Even if the answer is “I don’t know” that is great because then you can pursue ways to find answers.
If no, you can’t control it? Take a deep breath, let it go, think about what you can control instead 🙂Tracy
Welcome to the brain training side of things 🙂 the science behind all of this is rapidly expanding and really cool 🙂 have fun!!!
Tracy(And same here about Zoom recordings being the new books on tape haha!!)
Hello and welcome to the human brains part of CAMP 🙂
>>Do we share our homework here or just keep it to ourselves?>>
That is totally up to you! Most folks find it useful to discuss things, but that is up to the individual.
Tracy
Hi!
First one into the pool! Hooray!>>*** I am now watching your video from the first exercise in this package, and I TOTALLY should have watched this before running this course! I definitely handled parts of this course tentatively and not aggressively as I should have. I definitely needed AGGRESSIVE CONNECTION!>>
YESSSS!!! These course design trends require us to handle aggressively, trust the dog, stay in motion, and be very connected, to set the lines very early. And, we basically have to pretend that the off course obstacles are not there and handle the lines like we would if they were not there. That will help the dogs not even see the off course obstacles 🙂 The skills courses help set that up (and are actually really hard LOL!)
Looking at course 1:
video 1: On the opening, lead out more so you can do the blind sooner and more forward to the line: at :14 you were doing the blind but running to your right to get between the uprights of 2 when ideally you would be running directly forward to the exit wing of 3 (bar down a 3 because of this – he had to adjust his line to get 3 and then didn’t see the turn info to 4 in time).
4-10 looked strong!
10 – 11 was too careful which is why he legit thought it was the tunnel. From the a-frame exit, you can be further away away to push to 10 then turn your shoulders and drive to 12, supporting 11 but not trying to handle him off the tunnel. Pretend it is not there 🙂 The extra handling inside the box there actually did look like you wanted the tunnel threadle.
On the 2nd video, you left 10 a lot sooner and it was a lot better! Yay! You still gave him a little pull-then-push but I don’t think he needed that, plus I think he reads that push as a go-back-out cue. Handle it the same way you would if the tunnel was not there at all… you would just turn and run 🙂
That pull/push for 11 made the turn late for 12 so he looked at the off course jump.The next section on this video showed too much handling help – compare to the other videos where you ran the line more and things went better!
The FC at 12 looked good, and then definitely too much handling helping 13-14, made the blind really late 🙂 Then the first step off the teeter set him up to take the #4 jump. On the next video, you used more of a here cue and a threadle arm – how independent is his teeter? Ideally you would cue the teeter and take off, so when he exits the teeter you are most of the way to the tunnel – that will take out the off course possibility.
I like to pretend my contacts are like straight tunnels: cue them, trust the dog to execute them, and leave 🙂 No helping at the exit 🙂
And since he is a young dog still learning contacts, you can totally have a target or something there to help him execute them properly because they are a lot harder to do than straight tunnels LOL!
>>l. We connected after the jump and then when I released connection, he was like, got it mom, tunnel!! I should have used more of my off arm to bring him into me>>
I think the answer is actually in less handling, not more 🙂 You can leave sooner, be connected and just run the line – that will take out the off courses because almost all of them are not actually on his line, if we run the line early and aggressively.
2nd try on the standard course:
You started the blind 2-3 sooner which definitely helped! I think leading out even more so you are running more directly to 3 will help more too.After the frame, you totally sent to 10 better so your position was better 10-11-12 but the “here, jump” pull/push of trying to get him past the tunnel actually almost cued the tunnel 🙂
The blind after tunnel 13 was SOOOO much earlier and better, he never looked off course! Yay! You handled it like the off course was not there, and he never looked at the off course. Happy dance!
Having to go to the end of the teeter with him sets him on the line to the jump, and the here-tunnel pull/push is making him think you want him to go back out. Reward him though, he was correct!
Looking at this section here on and on the next video too – yes, leave sooner from the teeter and also he thinks that tunnel is a forward cue, meaning get on the line and find the tunnel. So since the jump is on the line after the teeter based on your position and motion, then don’t say tunnel for now – call him til he has changed his line in this context then you can cue the tunnel.
But moving away from the teeter and running to the tunnel will set the line to the tunnel as soon as he exits the teeter. 🙂 And that will also get you to the BC on the tunnel exit, which sets the ending line really nicely.
Course 2:
the opening looked lovely on the first video!
>.I didn’t support the weaves.>>
Yes – your running line was to the backside of the jump, so he was not sure if it was the weaves or the jump. You needed to run in there like you did at the start of the 2nd video, that looked great!
After the weaves, send to 8 but don’t go near it – send and leave so you can converge to the landing of 9 sooner, to set up the serp to the tunnel
Nice FC 11-12! Then you need tosend to 12, give the wrap verbal and get outta there. At :17 you were in the box handling him off the tunnel, when ideally you would be up past 13 already
The 3rd video starts with a much nicer convergence on 9 to the weaves – he turned before takeoff. Yay!
you layered to get to 11, which is great, but slowing down near the layer jump to get his attention off of it actually got him moving towards it (decel and verbal near a jump means come take that jump, normally :)) So a big GO verbal before the 10 tunnel and then just run to 11 and I bet he never considers the off course (more layering coming soon in Games Package 2 :))The FC 11-12 was nice again! You didn’t mention to him about the wrap to 13 til after he landed from 12 (:10) so he was totally looking at the tunnel. Ideally, when he lands from 11, you cue 12 with a send and the wrap verbal then as soon as he turns his head to lock onto it, you run to 13.
>> I am not sure why when I gave him his left wrap command that he turned the other way. Maybe he read my decel as a rear cross? Either way, what a good boy!>>
He turned to his right a 16 instead of to his left (:15). It was because you got a little past the line on the FC (outside the wings of the pink jump) then stepped back into the 16 jump after he landed: that is a rear cross cue and he was already ding the RC before you said the wrap verbal and turned to the frame.
So, when placing your FC or BC, try to run the exact line you want him to take. towards the next obstacle. That way you are always moving forward and you don’t end up past the line and having to push him back to the jump. Being on his line is fine in this case, because he is way behind you and you will be off his line when he needs the room 🙂
Last video – the opening looked great and I agree, he did a great job on his running contacts on all of these!
After the weaves – you got close to 8 then used hustle to get past 9, but he did not know there was a right turn til after landing so he had a bit of a zig zag line at :31-:32. You can use lateral distance more, so you would send to 8 then basically run to the 10 tunnel rather than handle close to 8 and 9. That will set the line to the tunnel sooner for him.
The layering was much better 10-11-12! The only thing to add is a GO verbal before he enters the tunnel so he exits even straighter
>.just a bar. Thinking maybe I was not providing him the info prior to the jump on where he needed to be next and he maybe thought the tunnel but then had to correct?>>
Yes, that is what happened: you started the turn info of the verbal, arm, and change of running line at liftoff to 12 (:38) so he tied to adjust in the air. Ideally, you would see him land from the previous jump and start the info as part of your commitment cue to 12 (wrap verbal, send, and run to 13 when you see him lock onto 12) Don’t go anywhere near the takeoff of 12 🙂
The FC 15-16 had a better line here, so you didn’t step back to 16 and he turned the correct direction on the wrap to the a-frame.
You ended by doing gthe 18-9-10 line, which looked lovely 🙂 If you get a change to run it again, check out the 18-19-20-21-22 line which is a little more challenging.
>>We have been working on his running contacts and I was just over the moon at how great he did in all of these runs!!>>
YES! He looked great!!
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
TracyHello and welcome!!
I am excited to see you and Kaladin again, looking forward to you two whipping my butt AGAIN at the US Open this year LOL!!!And what the heck with the weather??? It needs to cool down, we’ve got dogs to train!!!
Have fun 🙂
TracyHello and welcome to you and the Bostons!!! I am excited to see Frankie work and VERY happy to hear that Bazinga is feeling better. YAY!!!
Have fun!
TracyHello and welcome back!!!
>.Fusion is struggling with turns when sheis running fast >>
So not getting enough collection to make the correct line?
>>and is getting alot of opposite end of tunnels>>
Is she coming off the line to come towards you, or staying out on the line or moving away to pick up the tunnel? Tell me more!
Have fun 🙂
TracyHello!
>.Yep! He really is 3 1/2!!!!
How did you know I was thinking “wow, how is he 3 1/2 already?” hahaha!!!
Welcome back! This will be a fun summer!!!
TracyHi!
>>Random question: will you always use 15′ tunnels? I see that the 2 tunnels in week 1 are 15′. And so is the tunnel in the “Raise your Game” section.>>
The RYG sequences will always be 15 foot tunnels, to make it all fit 🙂 I will throw in a 20 foot tunnel in the bigger courses throughout the summer.
>>Next time I’ll notice before I build it but maybe could you put obstacle #1 at the bottom of the page, please? Some of us (me, anyway) have very rigid spatial relationship skills. For example, I can only play red in backgammon.>>
I actually had to go back and look at where it all was LOL!! I almost always put it at the bottom of the page because of how our American brains are wired to look at courses (you will see that with the RYG and Jumping courses). The Agility courses have it up top, because of where the teeter ended up. So I think you will see that most of the time, jump 1 will be at the bottom but it will sometimes migrate to help minimize course build changes.
Have fun!
Tracy
